Sunset

Actually from the long time I haven't posted, I have accumulated many stories to tell..but as I am typing now, I have forgotten many and feel like there isn't much to post!..

The first one thats fresh on my mind is the experience I've had these few days reading, for the first time, Karen Kingsbury's book Sunset which is a Christian fiction book. I've read only up to half the book until today but I'll say about what was interesting in the first half!

I was in the library and decided that maybe I could try to find a good book about reality. cos I've always loved reading fantasy books and thought maybe I should try to change that-be more realistic or something. So I started searching for abt half an hour (i think) and chanced upon a series of books that Karen Kingsbury wrote and found out she is a Christian Fiction writer. Everything from to beautiful sunset picture on the cover to what the readers were saying about her books to the promise that this book was going to be about The power of a family's love and the healing miracle of redemption made me choose to read this particular book of hers cos I was just so captivated by the thought that this was going to be a real good book.

And Karen Kingsbury delivered almost everything that she promised. Unlike other books, I didn't skip reading the tribute section that Karen wrote to her family. She wrote a paragraph full of appreciation and commendments each to all 12 of her friends and families, finishing it with a dedication to God. As I read each one, I was filled with 'wow's of how proud she was of her family members and how much she loved them and how happily tightly her family was bonded in the Lord. And the good thing is that Karen quotes Bible verses almost often in the story that leads me in God's will without worries:)

And now, comes the book itself. The story she wrote for many readers to allow God to speak to us. This story is about the stories of different families, but one spouse of each family is the sibling of the other. Through one family, I made a new resolve to not hide any truth when accounting to my leaders...through another, God brought me into the possibility of how wonderful and loving and blessed a family could be when He is involved (cos I kept thinking that couples will pull each other down when they're together and it just takes one to falter)...through yet another, He spoke to me too that things will turn out exactly the way He planned and "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?"... in another chapter, I read about people who turned to God in their moments of ultimate weakness...
But the key of all these stories that Karen wrote was that real-life experiences were integrated into it and all the many feelings written so much so that I really really identified with all of them! I dont know if you do too, but here are some quotes:

[when confessing,] "did he really need to go into details about what happened as the hug between him and randi became something terribly more?"
"Luke dismissed the quiet whisper in his soul. His anger doubled,.."
[upon sharing her fears with her husband,] "I was afraid if I told you, then...then it would be real."
These are but a few quotes. God taught me many things in the peace of reading this book. I'm so glad I found it. I feel like meeting Karen! haha. I've more faith in The Power of a family's love now and I pray that God You will open my heart and draw me closer to You throught the next half of the book~! Thank You.
This is only one story but the most interesting I feel. Maybe will tell more next time~

Read Karen Kingsbury's books!!! 9.99999999/10!